Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-09-17
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.


suspended.
North Carolina leads in the nan
ufacture Of cigarettes.
l, costs Raleigh sl72 per square
ward 10 pave her streets.
The worm is ravaging cotton in
some poTtious Of Halifax.
DR.. Eugene Glissom has rendered
bis resignation as Surgeon General
OF the State.
Charlotte Chronicle !: At no time
in the previous history of Charlotte
has the outlook been brighter. The
factories working on extra time, the
merchants hiring additional clerks
and preparing for an increased cash
trade that is assured, all the public
enterprises Of the city prospecting,
and real estate steadily advancing,
what pre.tier picture could be
painted ;?
Wilmington Messenger: Oxford
voted BY a large majority in favor
Of $4,000 subscription TO the CAPT
tai stock of the Durham q Northern
Road. There never was more IN
terest felt n railroads than at pres
ent. Eleven different lines are just
now in curse OF construction. 1t is
cutie certain that at DO time has
there been so much railway build
ing as at prescnt.in all parts OF the
State,
Winston Sentinel Now that the
political bee begins to buzz, it some.
times happens that the name of Mr.
! J. ). Carr, OF Durham, is mentioned
in connection with hjyh Offices, and
the Sentinel wishes to say Just here
if Mr.. Carr Will accept Office, The
people of North Carolina could fine
no nor honest, no pnrer, manlie1
msn to bestow it on. 10 no man
either in or out OF tie State, do the
people owe more Ct love and thank:
than to Julian S. Carr, a man tol
whom DO position is too high, TO
whom no position is too good.
Greensboro North State \ wor
thy but eccentric old bachelor dice
recently at Milton, C4swciI county
HIS dying request to Mr.. K. /
Walker, a druggist who was yer,
kind to him, was 10 have bis grave
dug without a vault and he als(
told him he had saved all the hal
ever cut from his head and ever
tooth he had ever lost and he want
ed them buried with him. |: wa
done as he requested. Mr., Wake
made a pillow of the hair and tn
dead mans head rested on it 4;
package containing his teeth wa
likewise placed in the coffin.
Monroe Enquirer Mr.. T. A
Davis, of Sandy Ridge township
who has been making sorghum b,
the eVaporatlng process this season
was in town yesterday and informet
US that he has made so far ove1 so
gallons for his neighbor7. AMI ex
poets to make at least POE gallon
more. Nearly enough to last then
until they make another crop, Of
very superior article, and at a cos
much lower than they could bav
bought it, He presented us with
sample and we found it so nice thu
We ordered q quantity Of it at once
lie Will deliver it in town at fit,
cents per gallon.
Wadesboro Intelligencer: On Sur
day evening, Aug. 2lst, mu)attt
Charles Bruton, eloped with Jul
y. Ross, q white woman abou
twenty-five years Old, the daughte
Of Buckingham Ross, near Norwood
Said negro LETT a wife, aud ha
served out a term in the penites
tiary for burglary in Montgomer
county. On friday night previou
to the elopement he was suppose
TO be the person who broke into I'll
store house OF ParnelI e Brotne
| near Troy, and stole about SO casI
and goods Of various description
, Charles Bruton is a m~uIatto, abol
thirty years Old, six feet high, dow
cast look. General appearance ba,
Any Information CT his whereabon,
VIII be appreciated by Packinghal
Ross, Norwood, \. G..